Standouts from the Sooner Cager Classic

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Some of Central and Northern Oklahoma's best and brightest were in action this past weekend in Oklahoma City. With games being played at The Hive as well as Solid Rock Gym, I got a chance to see some new faces as well as getting a second look at a very good Legacy Youth team. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Moriah Gaston","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'0u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Harding Charter","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='715398' first='Krush' last='Queens']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Only a Sophomore, Moriah was the team captain at Harding Charter Prep this season, and was named to the Greater Metro Athletic Conference's First Team.  Despite her diminutive stature, the very small guard has a nice floater in the lane and was able to score at will against bigger players. 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